Re: Wireless Network Continuously Dropping (Since Vista)

Sucka wrote:
> Just recently installed Vista Ultimate 32bit to my Dell E1405 laptop
> (Intel 3945ABG WiFi card). Downloaded/installed all the latest drivers
> from Dell's site. For the first three days i didn't have a single
> dropped connection. Now over the past 4 days i will be online for a few
> hours sometimes, sometimes less, and then constant dropped connections
> start. Usually about every 5 minutes or so. Sometimes it won't
> reconnect for several minutes before finnaly coming back on.
> Occasionally my network (or the others in my area) won't even show up
> for that period of time. Sometimes my network will show, but be called
> "Unnamed Network". Internet still works on my XP machines, no changes
> to properties. Worked great prior to Vista. Router is a Linksys 54G
> With speedboost. Any help would be great.
>
>

i have the same problem with my netgear rangemax (hardware version v1).
i'm loosing connection to the access point - sometimes after hours,
other times after just minutes. when doublechecking with netgear, i saw
that the device is not compatible with vista... probably the device
discovery from vista messes with the router.

once i'm loosing connection, the device can still be seen when searching
for wireless networks, but called "Unnamed Network" instead of my
network id. in this state, no device can reconnect to the wlan until i
turn the device off and on again.

have you tried linksys.com for a newer firmware for your 54g?

- thomas